Concurrent gout and suspected hypo-vitaminosis A in crocodile hatchlings

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 247-249

  Ariel, E ^a   Ladds, P W ^a   Buenviaje, G N ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIET; GOUT; HEART MUSCLE; KIDNEY; LIVER; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; STANDARD; STOMACH; TONGUE;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIET; GOUT; KIDNEY; LIVER; MYOCARDIUM; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; STOMACH; TONGUE; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0031113193     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1997.tb10089.x     Document Type: Article

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